An article written by MBK Law partners Donna Walsh and Pat Casey recently appeared in the September/October 2013 issue of The Champion, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Circulated across the US, The Champion features writings by and for attorneys involved in criminal defense. Titled Can Violating a Work Rule Make You a Criminal?, the article analyzes the evolving trend by prosecutors to criminalize work place conduct. Donna and Pat demonstrate the arbitrariness and due process concerns implicated when prosecutors invoke work place rules to justify criminal charges.

Can Violating a Work Rule Make You a Criminal